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Texas Matters: Detention Centers Quotas Questioned

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Grassroots Leadership

Is there a profit motive behind the build up on the border? A new report shows that for-profit immigration detention centers in South Texas have struck a deal providing guaranteed quotas of illegal immigrants held in detention.

Cristina Parker is the Immigration Projects Director at Grassroots Leadership

David Martin Davies can be reached at dmdavies@tpr.org and on Twitter at @DavidMartinDavi